PC giant Dell entered 2013 with public shares listed on the NASDAQ and the
Hong Kong Stock Exchange. But in a bold move by founder Michael Dell, backed
up by Silver Lake Partners and a $2 billion loan from Microsoft, he
suggested buying-out all of the public shares to take the company private.
The offer on the table was $13.65 per share - a small premium on the current
price, but 76 per cent of historic highs. After some negotiation a price of
$13.75 was accepted and Dell, the third largest PC maker in the world,
became a private company for the first time in 25 years.